Happy Month-iversary

I spoil you dear reader. This constitutes my second blog in one week, how will you control your excitement? The purpose of this prolificness? The one month anniversary of the very purpose of this blog has recently passed, how could I let the one month-iversary pass uncelebrated? In order to mark this auspicious occasion, I thought I would give you an insight into my deepest thoughts and discoveries that have been spawned from this event.

• Being made redundant is actually no bad thing. Might be a little odd at first reading but if you have got stuck in a rut and need a kick up the proverbial backside to get out of it then it isn't a bad option. Oh, and a few quid to keep you going and supplement the rather meagre Job Seekers Allowance helps.
• Job Seekers Allowance is pants. You don't really have to be a job seeker, just browse the internet from time to time (or at least tell the Jobcentre you have) and you get your cash. What the allowance allows though, I have yet to discover.
• Jobcentre plus I have talked about before. The staff are generally very friendly and helpful if not easily confused by anything out of the ordinary. The name however is one of Her Majesty's Governments's biggest misnomers. It is barely a job centre (there aren't many relevant jobs and the searches are odd at best) and the plus part of the name must be because they had a few letters left over.
• There are a load of jobs out there. Willing to work? Willing to do anything? Not too fussy? Then get off yer arse and do something. Might be temporary or part time but must be more fulfilling than doing jack. And generally pays more unless you are an experienced, trained, scrounger.
• Benefits fraudsters must be some of the hardest working people there are. As an honest claimant, I have spent many an hour and much confusion mulling over the endless forms. Put that much effort into a job and you could make good money. Unless of course you are an experienced, trained, bone idle scrounger.
• Don't even consider doing anything worthwhile or becoming a useful member of society while you are unemployed. Any voluntary or unpaid work will attract more paperwork than you could imagine and a significant amount of doubt from anyone at Jobcentre or other benefit agencies "surely you can't be working for no pay, prove it, show us a payslip". "But I'm not paid". "Prove it, show us a payslip". You get the gist.
• Make the most of it. I have had some good quality time to myself and thoroughly enjoyed taking a wander round the hills. It's also a good time to consider what you really want to do.
• Security guards can be quite scary. And there are lots at the job centre.
• The main purpose of the City centre during the weekday is to provide somewhere for the unemployed, their kids and dogs to hang out and smoke very skinny roll ups. I don't think the dogs actually smoke.
• Month-iversary isn't actually a real word.
• Despite what you will hear, daytime TV isn't actually that bad if you look about. Loose Women is (are?) great.
• Except the adverts, they are truly crap.